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(predominantly UK) To escape, flee or leave a situation or relationship, usually as a result of a shocking or sudden announcement or revelation.
If I told him that I had kids, hed run a mile...
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run a mile — To be too scared or intimidated to do something • • • Main Entry: ↑mile * * * run a mile british informal phrase to try to avoid a situation or a person because you are embarrassed or frightened He’d run a mile if you actually asked him for a… … Useful english dictionary
run a mile — If someone Runs a mile , they do everything they can to avoid a situation. Example: I was worried that he d take one look at me and run a mile … The small dictionary of idiomes
run a mile — ► run a mile informal run rapidly away; flee. Main Entry: ↑mile … English terms dictionary
run a mile — If someone Runs a mile , they do everything they can to avoid a situation. Example: I was worried that he d take one look at me and run a mile. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** Someone who is anxious to avoid something runs a mile. … … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
run a mile — informal if you say that someone would run a mile if they had to deal with a particular situation, you mean that they would do anything to avoid it. He flirts the whole time but it s not serious he d run a mile if a woman actually made him an… … New idioms dictionary
run a mile — British informal to try to avoid a situation or a person because you are embarrassed or frightened He d run a mile if you actually asked him for a date … English dictionary
run a mile (from somebody) — run a ˈmile (from sb/sth) idiom (informal) to show that you are very frightened of doing sth Main entry: ↑mileidiom … Useful english dictionary
run a mile (from something) — run a ˈmile (from sb/sth) idiom (informal) to show that you are very frightened of doing sth Main entry: ↑mileidiom … Useful english dictionary
run a mile — informal be very alarmed or frightened. → mile … English new terms dictionary
mile — W1S1 [maıl] n [: Old English; Origin: mil, from Latin milia passum thousands of paces ] 1.) written abbreviation m a unit for measuring distance, equal to 1760 ↑yards or about 1609 metres ▪ It s forty miles from here to the Polish border. ▪ an… … Dictionary of contemporary English
